Dustin Lynch launches into “Party Mode” in Paso Robles, California

Fall season has arrived in Paso Robles, marking the time for Vina Robles Amphitheater‘s last show of the year. Dustin Lynch is currently out on tour in promotion of Clean Slate, his new album just released as of October 30^th, 2026.

As for the opener, we got San Luis Obispo County local Jade Jackson. Having just released her third album, Jadine, the day before this show, the crowd got to hear a few of her new tracks alongside their backstories. I highly recommend you look into Jackson’s music, if you haven’t; I’m not even hyping her up just because she is a local — her first two albums were produced by punk rock legend Mike Ness of Social Distortion! That alone should be enough to check her work out!

With Jackson’s set complete, it was time for “Party Mode”. 

Dustin Lynch’s stage design was great: one long high rise, with the drummer on one side and keys and steel guitar on the other, with a staircase in the middle going down to the stage floor. The first three songs of the night were “Honky Tonk Heartbreaker”, followed by “Mind Reader” and “Ridin’ Roads”. During his hit song “Stars Like Confetti”, there was one clever fan right up in the front who threw a handful of confetti when Lynch sang the line “baby you were glowin’ // God was throwin’ stars like confetti”. It got a good laugh and smile out of Lynch. After the song, he stepped up to the edge of the stage to give the fan a high five. Lynch’s breakout song “Cowboys and Angles” was song eight in the setlist; halfway through, he commented how the song was written about his grandparents’ love for one another.

During his story, a marriage proposal happened in the crowd; Lynch then invited the two onstage for a moment they will forever remember!

Along the setlist were three cover songs: first was “Courtesy of The Red, White And Blue” by Toby Keith; another was “American Girl” by Tom Petty; last was “Mountain Music” by Alabama. Lynch’s other big hits that made the list were “Where It’s At”, “Thinking ‘Bout You”, “Good Girl”, and “Hell Of A Night”. Songs off his new album included “Made In A Bottle” and “How Have You Been”.  

Wrapping up the night with “Small Town Boy” was a great pick for the small town Paso Robles. There is still a few tour date left in the year for Dustin Lynch, so — if one is close to you and are looking for early holiday gifting for a country music fan — this could be it!

Photography by Tré Torres

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